an essential list of books

[The Black Whirlwind]

this works just like the essential movie list, but for books.

The Lord of the Rings Series
The Tao Te Ching
The Confucian Classics

 

[Jaymes]

One Door Away from Heaven
To Dance with the White Dog

 

[Crystallas]

The World As I See it by Albert Einstien -This book changed my life overnight.
The Bible - Even if you arent Christian, great reading there
The Valley of the Dolls - If you havent read this, then your not very fond of reading, its the single highest selling novel of alltime, and a darn good one too.

 

[turk179]

The Tao Te Ching

excellent book:woohoo:

 

[Mister Emu]

The Bible - Even if you arent Christian, great reading there

Gah, you got it before me

The Shannara series - Terry Brooks
The Art of War - Master Sun
Shakespeare
Death Gate Cycle - Margret Weis and Tracy Hickman
A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
Druids - Morgan (Llwynne?)
DIrk Pitt series - Clive Cussler
Various Titles - James Byron Huggins(though I haven't read them all, in my experience he is great)
Various Titles - Frank Peretti(again those I have read are wondeful)

These are in no order except when I thought of them.

Edit:

The Valley of the Dolls - If you havent read this, then your not very fond of reading, its the single highest selling novel of alltime

I am quite fond of reading, yet have never heard of this novel. What genre is it?

 

[jewscout]

The Great War Saga - Harry Turtledove...

 

[Original Freak]

There, the proper format...
Art of War (The) -- Master Sun
Bible (The)
Bloom County -- Bearkly Breathed (It's a comic but my favorite so I had to mention it)
Clockwork Orange (A) -- Anthony Burgers
Confucian Classics (The)
Dance with the White Dog (To)
Dark Tower Series (The) -- Stephen King
Death Gate Cycle - Margret Weis and Tracy Hickman
DIrk Pitt series - Clive Cussler
Druids - Morgan (Llwynne?)
Great War Saga (The) -- Harry Turtledove
One Door Away from Heaven
Lord of the Rings Series (The)
Tao Te Ching (The)
Shakespeare
Shannara series (The) -- Terry Brooks
Song of Ice and Fire (A) -- George R. R. Martin
Valley of the Dolls (The)
Various Titles - Frank Peretti
Various Titles - James Byron Huggins
World As I See it (The) -- Albert Einstien

 

[michel]

I have a six volume collection of Winston Churchill's memoirs, rows of bboks on English & French poetry, but one of the best non-fiction written By Dornford Yates - about a family of Englishmen at the turn of the last century-if I need a laugh, those are the books I read-they are about the only non-fiction that I have.

 

[Original Freak]

I have a six volume collection of Winston Churchill's memoirs, rows of bboks on English & French poetry, but one of the best non-fiction written By Dornford Yates - about a family of Englishmen at the turn of the last century-if I need a laugh, those are the books I read-they are about the only non-fiction that I have.

*cough* ahem.... *cough*

the proper format...

There, the proper format...
Art of War (The) -- Master Sun
Bible (The)
Bloom County -- Bearkly Breathed
Clockwork Orange (A) -- Anthony Burgers
Confucian Classics (The)
Dance with the White Dog (To)
Dark Tower Series (The) -- Stephen King
Death Gate Cycle - Margret Weis and Tracy Hickman
DIrk Pitt series - Clive Cussler
Dornford Yates -- one of the best non-fiction about a family of Englishmen at the turn of the last century
Druids - Morgan (Llwynne?)
English & French poetry
Great War Saga (The) -- Harry Turtledove
One Door Away from Heaven
Lord of the Rings Series (The)
Tao Te Ching (The)
Shakespeare
Shannara series (The) -- Terry Brooks
Song of Ice and Fire (A) -- George R. R. Martin
Valley of the Dolls (The)
Various Titles - Frank Peretti
Various Titles - James Byron Huggins
Winston Churchill's memoirs
World As I See it (The) -- Albert Einstien

 

[michel]

Ah, O.K - sorry.

 

[Original Freak]

Ah, O.K - sorry.

No problem...just don't let it happen again.

 

[The Black Whirlwind]

There, the proper format...
Art of War (The) -- Master Sun
Bible (The)
Bloom County -- Bearkly Breathed
Clockwork Orange (A) -- Anthony Burgers
Confucian Classics (The)
Dance with the White Dog (To)
Dark Tower Series (The) -- Stephen King
Death Gate Cycle - Margret Weis and Tracy Hickman
DIrk Pitt series - Clive Cussler
Dornford Yates -- one of the best non-fiction about a family of Englishmen at the turn of the last century
Druids - Morgan (Llwynne?)
English & French poetry
Great War Saga (The) -- Harry Turtledove
I-Ching (the)
One Door Away from Heaven
Lord of the Rings Series (The)
Tao Te Ching (The)
Shakespeare
Shannara series (The) -- Terry Brooks
Song of Ice and Fire (A) -- George R. R. Martin
Valley of the Dolls (The)
Various Titles - Frank Peretti
Various Titles - James Byron Huggins
Winston Churchill's memoirs
World As I See it (The) -- Albert Einstien

 

[Crystallas]

I am quite fond of reading, yet have never heard of this novel. What genre is it?

If your quite fond of reading you woulda googled it Its Pop Culture. Written in the 60s that was so ahead of its time, it will word for word describe people you know and how they act. You wont be able to believe that some of the characters dont even exist.
I heard about this book many times when I was younger, but never read it because I thought it ws some chic-pick book, but it's far from it.

 

[Scuba Pete]

Chronicles of Narnia (The) CS Lewis
Screwtape Letters (The) CS Lewis
Most anything by Asprin
Most anything by PG Wodehouse
I Robot Isaac Asimov
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglass Adams
Barsoom series (The) Edgar Rice Burroughs
Пиковая дама A Pushkin

 

[Original Freak]

Chronicles of Narnia (The) CS Lewis I've just got to read these!!!
Screwtape Letters (The) CS Lewis
Most anything by Asprin
Most anything by PG Wodehouse
I Robot Isaac Asimov
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglass Adams I cannot believe I forgot to add this myself. It's practically my favorite.
Barsoom series (The) Edgar Rice Burroughs

There goes my format :banghead3

 

[Scuba Pete]

Ah, but you can integrate those in so easily for me!

 

[Ori]

Imajica by Clive Barker
Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean Dominique Bauby.

 

[Original Freak]

Do I look like your bi***.



Art of War (The) -- Master Sun
Barsoom series (The) -- Edgar Rice Burroughs
Bible (The)
Bloom County -- Bearkly Breathed
Butterfly (The) -- Jean Dominique Bauby
Clockwork Orange (A) -- Anthony Burgers
Chronicles of Narnia (The) -- CS Lewis
Confucian Classics (The)
Dance with the White Dog (To)
Dark Tower Series (The) -- Stephen King
Death Gate Cycle - Margret Weis and Tracy Hickman
DIrk Pitt series - Clive Cussler
Diving Bell (The) -- Jean Dominique Bauby
Dornford Yates -- one of the best non-fiction about a family of Englishmen at the turn of the last century
Druids - Morgan (Llwynne?)
English & French poetry
Great War Saga (The) -- Harry Turtledove
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglass Adams
I-Ching (the)
Imajica -- Clive Barker
I Robot -- Isaac Asimov
Lord of the Rings Series (The)
Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
One Door Away from Heaven
Tao Te Ching (The)
Screwtape Letters (The) -- CS Lewis
Shakespeare
Shannara series (The) -- Terry Brooks
Song of Ice and Fire (A) -- George R. R. Martin
Valley of the Dolls (The)
Vampires Series -- Anne Rice
Various Titles -- Asprin
Various Titles - Frank Peretti
Various Titles - James Byron Huggins
Various Titles -- PG Wodehouse
Winston Churchill's memoirs
World As I See it (The) -- Albert Einstien
Пиковая дама -- A Pushkin

I'm such a sucker.

 

[Scuba Pete]

In order to alphabatise this correctly:
Пиковая дама -- A Pushkin

The title would be spelled pikavaya dama and pronounced "peek'-o-vaya da'ma". You might know it as "The Queen of Spades". Great ghost story.

 

[john313]

Art of War (The) -- Master Sun
Barsoom series (The) -- Edgar Rice Burroughs
Bhagavad Gita -- Stephen Mitchell translation
Bible (The)
Bloom County -- Bearkly Breathed
Brief History of Time (A) -- Stephen Hawking
Butterfly (The) -- Jean Dominique Bauby
Clockwork Orange (A) -- Anthony Burgers
Chronicles of Narnia (The) -- CS Lewis
Confucian Classics (The)
Dance with the White Dog (To)
Dark Tower Series (The) -- Stephen King
Death Gate Cycle - Margret Weis and Tracy Hickman
DIrk Pitt series - Clive Cussler
Diving Bell (The) -- Jean Dominique Bauby
Dornford Yates -- one of the best non-fiction about a family of Englishmen at the turn of the last century
Druids - Morgan (Llwynne?)
English & French poetry
Great War Saga (The) -- Harry Turtledove
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglass Adams
I-Ching (the)
Imajica -- Clive Barker
I Robot -- Isaac Asimov
James the Brother of Jesus -- Robert Eisenman
Lord of the Rings Series (The)
Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
One Door Away from Heaven
Пиковая дама -- A Pushkin
Quran
Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception (The) -- Max Heindel
Screwtape Letters (The) -- CS Lewis
Shakespeare
Shannara series (The) -- Terry Brooks
Song of Ice and Fire (A) -- George R. R. Martin
Tao Te Ching (The)
Valley of the Dolls (The)
Vampires Series -- Anne Rice
Various Titles -- Asprin
Various Titles - Frank Peretti
Various Titles - James Byron Huggins
Various Titles -- PG Wodehouse
Winston Churchill's memoirs
World As I See it (The) -- Albert Einstien